Feb 01st 2024 - Heart Month 2024
Each year, National Heart Month is observed in February. Read today’s story here Share your story During this time, we are sharing ‘Your Stories’ every day throughout heart month. Stories really matter; not only do they make a real difference to other people in a similar situation, they offer inspiration and comfort. If you […]
Feb 29th 2024 - Daisy’s story
told by her mum Emma and dad Ronnie This is our daughter Daisy. She is the light of our world and we love her dearly. Daisy was born via a c-section on 19th June 2023. We had no idea she had heart issues. She was very quiet after she was born, and didn’t take […]
Feb 28th 2024 - Max’s Story
told by mum Julie. This handsome chap was born on 5th November 1998. A wonderful, if unexpected, addition to our family. When the midwife handed him to me I said, “Look at those tiny little ears! How come he’s so small? Only 7lb 12oz when Georgia (my daughter) was 9lb 8oz!” “Don’t be silly, […]
Feb 27th 2024 - Freya’s Story
told by mum Our little girl Freya was born on 27 Feb 2021 with pulmonary atresia/Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD). She is our absolute hero. When Freya was first born things looked quite bleak, she had no central pulmonary artery and the branch arteries to her lungs were so small. We were told there might […]
Feb 26th 2024 - Nesta’s Story
told by mum Olivia The CHF Think Heart campaign really hit home because we had no idea of our son’s critical heart condition. I had a completely healthy pregnancy; I attended my midwife appointments and the anatomy scan. We were told his heart was healthy and nothing in the scans raised any concerns. I […]
Feb 25th 2024 - Phineas’s Story
told by mum. Phineas (Phin) was born with an incredibly complex heart, among his defects he had several holes, his left lung was only connected via a tiny conduit and his pulmonary artery was missing. If the sonographer hadn’t picked up on his defects at our 20 week scan there is a chance he […]
Feb 24th 2024 - Daniel’s Story
told by mum At 17 I found out I was pregnant, on the 3rd March 2016 myself and my mum went to my 20 week scan, I was so excited for my mum to see her first grandchild. The sonographer was doing all the usual checks then kept going back to his heart. That’s when […]
Feb 23rd 2024 - Kieran’s story
told by mum Kieran was born on the 28th of January 2011 as a healthy baby boy, was discharged from hospital at 2 days old. A couple of days after being home we noticed Kieran spent most off his time asleep, he was struggling with his feeding taking over an hour to get a […]
Feb 22nd 2024 - Pippa’s Story
told by mum Pippa was always our miracle baby. We needed IVF treatment to conceive our Son Rex, so when we found out I was pregnant just before his first birthday, it was the best surprise. I had a relatively straightforward pregnancy and was told everything was fine at my two 20-week anomaly scans. […]
Feb 21st 2024 - Aaliyah’s Story
told by herself I have always been interested in supporting young people since I was a teenager and received my Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy diagnosis. I was 12 when I started to become ill with a virus that looked like tonsilitis, which turned into pericarditis and myocarditis – inflammation of the heart lining […]
